Narrating Injustice Survival Self-medication by Victims of Crime

Narrating Injustice Survival Self-medication by Victims of Crime / by Willem de Lint, Marinella Marmo.

This book explores the role of self-medication in reflexive response to victimhood and victim recovery. Based on interviews, counsellor focus groups and a self-medication survey, it situates self-medication among the coping strategies that may be set in formal and informal networks. Victims primaril...

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Main Authors: de Lint, Willem (Author), Marmo, Marinella (Author)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2018.
Edition:1st ed. 2018.
Series:Palgrave Studies in Victims and Victimology
Springer eBook Collection.
Subjects:
Victimology.
Crime—Sociological aspects.
Corrections.
Punishment.
Social justice.
Human rights.
Electronic resources (E-books)
Online Access:Click to view e-book
Holy Cross Note:Loaded electronically.
Electronic access restricted to members of the Holy Cross Community.
Table of Contents:
  • Chapter 1. Victims of Crimes, Self-medication and Narratives of (In)justice
  • Chapter 2. Methods, collaboration with VSS and victim reflexivity
  • Chapter 3. Self-medication and avoidance coping
  • Chapter 4. Validation – informal and formal support in narratives of recovery
  • Chapter 5. Adaptations in recovery
  • Chapter 6. Meaning work and chance
  • Chapter 7. Validation, Chance and Justice.

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